"Nothing similar is known from any other insect." Researchers have discovered an extinct parasitic wasp preserved in amber that once lived among the dinosaurs in present-day Myanmar about 99 million years ago.

Instead of crushing its prey, the wasp’s flytrap-like abdomen likely served as a restraining device. The flaps and teeth-like hairs are thought to have held struggling insects in place while the wasp deposited an egg. This would allow the wasp larva to feed on and ultimately consume the captured host.

A unique parasitic wasp from 99 million years ago, preserved in Cretaceous period amber, featured a Venus flytrap-like structure on its abdomen. This structure likely allowed the wasp, named Sirenobethylus charybdis,